| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) : illustrations |
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1. Judicial Plaint and Peasant Plaint; 2. Complaint, Clamour, and Libels; 3. The Literature of Clamour; 4. Transmission, Response, and Development: Clamour Writing 1460 -- 1553; 5. Literature, Complaint, and the Ars Dictaminis |
| Summary |
Giving a different perspective on the relations between early judicial process & the development of literature in England, this book argues that texts ranging from political libels & pamphlets to laments of the unrequited lover constitute a literature shaped by the crucial role of complaint in the law courts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-204) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Law and literature -- History -- To 1500
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Narration (Rhetoric) -- History -- To 1500
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Complaints (Rhetoric)
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Law in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Complaints (Rhetoric)
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English literature -- Early modern
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English literature -- Middle English
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Law and literature
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Law in literature
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Klage Literatur
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Rechtsstaat Motiv
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Klage
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England
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Mittelenglisch.
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Englisch.
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006102295 |
| ISBN |
0191533785 |
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9780191533785 |
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1281164445 |
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9781281164445 |
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9786611164447 |
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6611164448 |
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